COD 2008 - S287

An Introduction to Critical Theory

Literature Teachers at Secondary or Tertiary Level who are interested in starting to explore literary theory.

1 sesiones, inicia: 10-May

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Ciclo: 2008
Nivel: Secundaria
Idioma: Inglés
Estado: Terminado
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Capacitador/es: Ms. Verónica Storni Fricke
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Sesiones Fechas Inicia Termina
1 10 Mayo 2008 09:30 am 12:30 pm

Capacitador/es

Verónica Storni Fricke

Verónica Storni Fricke is now doing her doctorate studies on feminist criticism of Shakespeare's plays at UBA, Filosofía y Letras. She is a graduate English teacher from IES en Lenguas Vivas, specialized in English Literature. Licenciada en Inglés from Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Tenured Lecturer in the Seminar "Shakespeare and Feminism" at IES en Lenguas Vivas. IB English teacher at Tarbut College and Instituto Ballester Schule.
Literature Teachers at Secondary or Tertiary Level who are interested in starting to explore literary theory.
- The updating of the participants' teaching practice. - To reflect upon the contributions of theory to the study of the meaning of literary texts and to the approach to literature. - To reflect upon teachers' conceptualization of the object of study and of their teaching practice in the light of literary theory. - The identification of the theoretical framework of different literary criticism in the light of the knowledge gained. - The contributions of these theories to the literature class.
- What is literature? - Where do we find the meaning of literary texts? - The canon. - Focus on the author, the text, the reader. - A panoramic view of theoretical approaches to text. - The role of the context. - The role of theory in postmodern texts. - Intertextuality and metafiction.
Group Work: - Study and discussion of approaches to the texts. - Reflection upon the pedagogical implications of theory. - Analysis of criticism to show examples of this approach to literature. - Reflection on the contributions of these theories to modern criticism and to the study of literary texts.
Bradford, R. (1993) The State of Theory. London: Routledge. Eagleton, T. (1983) Literary Theory. An Introduction. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers. Eco, U. (1979) The Role of the Reader. Explorations in the Semiotics of the Texts. Indiana University: Bloomigton. Gibson, R. (1998) Teaching Shakespeare. Cambridge School Shakespeare. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Jauss, H.R. (1982) Towards an Aesthetic of Reception. (tr. T. Bahti) in Theory and History of Literature, vol 2. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. Lodge, D. (ed.) (1988) Modern Criticism and Theory. A Reader. New York: Longman. Mc Rae, J. (1991) Literature with a Small "l". Macmillan: Hong Kong. Newton, K. M. (1988) Twentieth Century Literary Theory. London: Macmillan. Pope, R., (1998) The English Studies Book, London: Routledge. Schwarz, D. (ed.) (1994) James Joyce. The Dead. Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism. Boston: Bedford Press. Showalter, E. (ed.) (1985) The New Feminist Criticism. Virago Press: London. Storni Fricke, V. (2003) "Gender Studies and Shakespeare's Plays" in Herald Education News. 2nd Year. 23rd Issue: April. Buenos Aires Herald: Buenos Aires. Storni Fricke, V. (2003) "The Medusa Myth And Fear of Woman. A.S. Byatt's Possession", Plath's "Medusa" and la femme fatale in Literature. (2003) in Herald Education News. 3rd Year. 28th Issue: September. Buenos Aires Herald: Buenos Aires. Todorov, T. (1980) "Reading as Construction" in Suleiman, S. & Crosman, I. (eds.) The Reader in the Text. New Jersey: Princeton University Press.
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